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Torridge District Council currently spends approximately £10 million annually on a wide range of goods and services. The Council has adopted the Devon Districts Procurement Strategy which provides the framework for procurement throughout the Council.

This procurement strategy defines the role of procurement in the delivery of the individual councils' strategic objectives and is supported by the individual councils' procurement policies as well as it joining up deliverables where possible. The partnership vision is core to the Devon Districts Procurement strategy:

"By working together to deliver customer focused quality services that provide benefit to the community at a lower cost"

The strategy forms part of the arrangements the councils have made for Best Value under the Local Government Act 1999 and compliance with it is mandatory.

The full strategy can be found in the downloads section on the right hand side of this page

Procurement at Torridge

Torridge District Council currently spends approximately £10 million annually on a wide range of goods and services. In order to obtain best value for this spending, a significant proportion is under contract. Details of all contracts valued in excess of £25,000 are now available in the on this website. The Register provides details of past, current and proposed contracts and includes contacts for enquiries.

The majority of goods and services contracts that are competitively tendered by us are governed by the following financial thresholds:

Ethics, Fair Trade and Small Businesses

We Support Fair TradeWe are continually looking to improve commercial flexibility within our procurement practices and to achieve best value for the Council whilst working within statutory and EU requirements. Local suppliers are encouraged to tender for our business wherever possible. Torridge District Council encourage the work of small businesses and have signed up to the SME Concordat in support of these businesses.

eTendering with Torridge District Council

Torridge District Council now uses 'ProContract' electronic tendering through the Supplying the South West Procurement Portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk when procuring selected services, goods and works. This new portal results from a merger of local procurement portals including Devon Tenders. Those already registered on Devon Tenders do not need to re-register with Supplying the South West.

Contractors and suppliers are strongly encouraged to register online with Supplying the South West which is free. This regional portal gives you a one-stop shop window on contract opportunities from a growing number of councils in the South West. Even without registering, you can use the portal to look for information about existing contracts and new opportunities.

If you register (free of charge) by completing the supplier registration form, you can

post a profile of your company, indicating what sorts of opportunity you are interested in

register an expression of interest in a published opportunity and request contract documentation to be sent to you.

We believe that e-procurement will result in improved efficiency and a reduction in costs for us and those who do business with us.

The Devon Procurement Partnership

The main aim of this partnership collaboration between procurement representatives from Devon's Public Sector organisations (particularly Local Authorities) with a view to maximising the benefits of Devon's spend with external suppliers.

The Devon Procurement Partnership has a number of complementary strategic objectives based around sustainability, local economic development and continuous improvement. The majority of Local Authorities within Devon are currently represented on the partnership together with Devon & Cornwall Police, Devon Fire, Rescue and Dartmoor National Park...

Contracts Register and Paying our Suppliers

Torridge District Council is a signatory to the Prompt Payment Code, sponsored by BIS (Department for Business Innovation and Skills). We encourage companies with which we trade to sign -up also. Full details are available here

Torridge District Council will generally accept advertising which does not conflict with our residents' living safe, healthy and economically independent lifestyles, and whose association will not bring Torridge District Council into disrepute.